THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE " THREE q , THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE .r.. .._a ;,.. W Netters Beat Northwestern, 6-3; Nine Plays Illini Today -- --- - LI W - - - - - - - - - - - - w,'- U C+> POUTFOLIO t Mel Buschman Of State- * Object Lesson In Courage y HAL WILSON Daily Sports Editor .0 1 HERE'S A STORY that concerns Wolverine athletics only indirect- ly. But it bears repeating for it carries a powerful human interest punch. Furthermore, it stands as a strik- ing example of the things coaches are talking about when they speak of such common-and perhaps over- worked--expressions as the will to win, and raw courage, and indomit- able spirit, and all the rest. Mel Buschman rates as a fine hurdle prospect up at Michigan State. Already the loose-limbed §partan timber-topper has scored a close win over Purdue's high abarrier ace, Dave Rankin, in a dual meet. But there was a time when one of MWel's legs was shat- tered into several hundred splint- ers. It was 14 years ago and Mel was just a long-legged six-year-old kid Typewriters Office and Portable Models New and Used of Leading Makes Bought, Sold, Ex- changed, Cleaned, Rented, Repaired. One of the largest stocks in the State. OFFICE & STUDENT SUP- PLIES, FOUNTAIN PENS, STATIONERY. 0. D. MojriI 314 S.State t The Typewriter 6' Stationery Store Since 1908 Phone 6615 romping with his playmates in a Weatherford, Okla., public school ground. Suddenly a pole supporting 30 children on an ocean-wave appar- atus snapped, caught young Busch- man between the knee and the hip, and crushed his leg bone. Frantic preparations were made at the hospital for an amputation of the limb which was throbbing with pain. But Mel's father took just one look at his son's agonized face, realized what a legless life would mean to his deep athletic ambitions, and gent- ly carried him out of the operating roqm. THEN an 81-year-old friend of "the family who had formerly studied medicine was called in. He looked the lad over, and immediate- ly plunged into the tedious work of kneading the several hundred splin- ters back into solid Ibone-an'd without anesthetic. For 21 nerve-wracking days Mel underwent almost unbearable pain as the old bonesetter nursed his maimed leg. But time had a sooth- ing, healing effect, and within a few weeks the gangling youngster was up and about. Shortly before the old doctor's death a year later, he was well-rewarded for his pains- taking effort by seeing his former patient capture the county grade school 50-yard championship. ]: ROM THAT TIME on, Mel's track career has moved at a rapid clip. In junor high school he copped the state eight-pound shot put crown. His family then moved to Corunna, Mich.., then to Saginaw. Grown up,. the rangy, powerful lad placed in both hurdles and the high jump in the .Michigan state championships two years ago. On the Spartan cinder squad Mel has attained his current ranking as number onehurdler through tireless, constant work and persistence. Al- most forgotten is that incident 14 years ago. Mel simply says: "It's great to be a competitor after being slated for a lifetime on the sidelines." Weirmen Gain Sweet Revenge Over Champs Porter, Stille Pace Team To Decisive Win; First Doubles Team Loses (Continued from Page 1) decision. Porter had little trouble in winning the second set, 6-3, by forc- ing his opponent to play deep. After getting off to a 4-1 lead in the last set, Jim's lobs seemed to lose their effect and Hall stormed the net time after time to bring the score to 5-4 in games and match point coming up. Three times the Wolverine netter staved off defeat and three times his opponent tried to push shots past him, only to have it go out of court. Finally Porter broke through to win the game, and then went on to gain a 7-5 victory. All the other singles matches had been completed by the time this two hour battle was over, and Michigan now had a 4-2 lead. Greenberg, 19th ranking amateur player in the nation, had little trouble in downing Tobin, in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1. Northwestern's Richards took ad- vantage of Hammett's wildness at the net to score a 6-3, 46 triumph. In the second set, Hanmett served a love game with the score 4-3 against him.. The Wildcat leader then turned right around and served a love game, only to have Lawton do the same thing all over again. Wayne Stille was behind 3-0 be- fore he settled down to win the first set from Goodkind, promising Pur- ple sophomore, 7-5, and then went on to win the second set, 6-2. Tom Gam- on and Alden Johnson both made short work of their opponents, the former winning 6-3, 6-4, and the lat-I ter 6-0, 6-1. Johnson won eight straight games before Shinrood man- aged to break into the win column. Porter and Stille easily vanquished Hall and Goodkind in the second doubles match, 6-2, 6-3, finishing up Relay Will Be Feature Race Of OSU Meet Even though past records presage very close competition in all events in tomorrow's dual meet here between the Wolverine trackmen and the pow- erful cinder squad from Ohio State, competition is likely to be keenest in the only baton-passing race on the card, the mile relay. Michigan this year has one of the fastest mile relay teams in its his- tory. Each of the five men whom Coach Doherty has used in this event in preceding meets has run the quar- ter-mile in 48 seconds or less. Warren Breidenbach, who is pro- bably the speediest runner of the five, is slated to run in the 880 against the Buckeyes and so will probably not see action in the mile relay, which means that the quartet will, in all likelihood, be composed of Bob Ufer, Jack Leutritz, Bobby Barnard, and Al Thomas, with Thomas probably get- ting the nod to run the anchor leg. Ohio State will present a formid- able baton-passing team in the per- sons of Holdren, Porter, Hammond, and Collins. If this crew runs the way it did against Indiana and Purdue last weelp, the "Four Horse- men" of the Wolverines will be forced to the limit. After Hammond had won both the century and the 220, turning in very fast times in both events, he came back later in the afternoon to lead the mile relay team to vic- tory and clinch the meet for the Bucks. From all indications, then, the mile relay will see the closest competition in Saturday's meet and it is virtually a toss-up as to what colors the \man wil be wearing who first breaks the tape at the finish of the race. as rain began to fall. Gamon teamed with Howie Bacon to whip Shapiro and Shinrood, 6-0, 6-3 in the final match of the day. Today's victory makes the Wolver- ines red-hot favorites to capture the Big Ten net crown later this month. I Visitors Challenge Varsity's Title Hopes; Ailment Forces Steppon From Lineup (Continued from Page 1) conference competition last week as Illinois downed Chicago, 22-4 and with the Hoosiers taking the first 16-3, while Michigan traveled to 8-6, and losing the second 10-6. Columbus where they swamped Ohio Fisher spent yesterday afternoon State, 13-5 and 15-8. sending the boys through some field- THE LINEUPS: ing drills while giving special atten- Michigan Illinois tion to lanky Dick Wakefield. Dave Nelson, f Bartley, ss Nelson, who was out of Wednesday's Holman, if Wahl, cf game with Hillsdale because of a Sofiak, ss Astroth, 2b charley horse, is feeling better and Wakefield, rf Milosevich, lb will start the game today. Chamberlain, 3b Drish, rf Both teams had little trouble with Ruehle, lb Brewe. 9 s 3 a s s f b b f r. TODAY IN SPORTS Baseball: Michigan vs. Illinois, 4:05 p.m. at Ferry Field. Tennis: Ohio State vs. North- western, 2 p.m. at Palmer Field QUALITY LIFE INSURANCE AT IOW COST Has been issued for 83 years by THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of Milwaukee, Wisconsin A BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY For Information, See or Cali Clinton E. Purdy Links men Set For Invasiont Of Otto State Coach Ray Courtright's varsity golfers are practicing full blast on the University Golf Course this week as they prepare to meet Ohio State's visiting lirlksmen Saturday. The match will mark the second time this season that the two teams- have met, Michigan outclassing the Buckeyes by a 14 to 10 score on the annual spring trip. The Ohioans thus come with revenge on their minds, for it was in this match that Cap- tain Fred Dannenfelser and Soph- omore Ben Smith outplayed Ohio State's prized possession, Big Ten champion Billy Gilbert. Besides Gilbert, the invaders are bringing with them .Harry Steckel, Jim Simione, and Tony Montanaro, all veterans from last year's cam- paign. For Michigan, Courtright will play three letter-winners, Captain Dannenfelser, Dave Osler, and John- ny Leidy. Bob Fife and Ben Smith, both outstanding sophomore pros- pects, will bear the rest of the Mich- igan burden. Coach Courtright ex- pects to play a reserve squad behind the regular varsity foursomes to take on' any reserves that Ohio might happen to bring. Intramural News * Softball 0 Tenis Yesterday on the Intramural soft- ball front three games were rained out, but the Admirals naturally found the weather no hindrance as they whipped the Wolverines, 7-4. Meanwhile in the tennis competi- tion, Phi Kappa Psi bested Phi Gam, 2-0, and Chi Psi downed Phi Epsilon Pi by the same score. Christenson, 2b Finn, lf Harms, c Bessone, 3b Stoddard, p Grant, p 206 Wolverine Bldg. Tel. 7333 ! i 1 Treat Yourself to a Glass of Refreshing BEER It's refreshing and satisfying at all times. The perfect drink for Spring. WE DELIVER Service and Dependability Phone 7191 , 114 E. William I ON -M ii" EMMON" Spring Grid Game: Squads Drill For Annual Tilt __ I , RENT A TANDEM THIS WEEK-END FOR A NEW THRILL IN BIKE-RIDING CAMPUS BIKE SHOP Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE W LPct. GB Cleveland........16 7 .696 New York.......14 10 .583 21/2 Boston .......... 10 8 .556 31/2 Chicago..........10 9 .526. 4 Detroit.......... 11 10 .524 4 Washington... 9 13 .409 61/2 Philadelphia...8 12 .400 61 St. Louis...... 4, 13 .235 9 Yesterday's Results Washington 7, Detroit 1 New York 5, Cleveland 4 -Philadelphia 9, St. Louis 6 Boston at Chicago, rain NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. GB Brooklyp........ 18 6 .750 St. Louis .........15 6 .714 12 New York,....... 10 9 .526 5'/2 Cincinnati ...... 9 11 .450 7 Boston .... . ...... 9 11 .450 7. Chicago ........ 7 11 .389 8 Pittsburgh .......6 12 .333 9 Philadelphia .... 7 15 .318 10 Yesterday's Results Brooklyn 5, St. Louis 4 (12 ins.) Chicago 5, Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh at Boston, rain Cincinnati at New York, rain. By BUD HENDELI Football will once again rise on the sports horizon when Coach Fritz Cris- ler sends his University of Michigan grid squad into action this Saturday in the annual spring intrasquad game, marking the end of the train- ing season. Huge Michigan Stadium will be the scene of the gridiron battle, with the opening kickoff scheduled for 4 p.m. The time of the game has been set back from 2:30 p.m. so that there will be no conflict with the Ohio State dual track meet. There will be no admission charge. Crisler has divided the squad into two eveily matched teams, the Blues and the Whites. Clarence Munn, line tutor, has been named coach of the Blue aggregation, while Earl Marti- neau, backfield mentor, will handle the Whites. Wally Weber, Archie Kodros, and Dave Strong will assist Munn, with Cliff Keen, Herc Renda, and Milo Sukup acting as Martineau's aides. Both Munn and Martineau intro- duced new plays to their teams yes- terday and supplemented these with snappy signal drills. The eam rosters follow: BLUES: Ends, Jack Petoskey, Phil Sharpe, Bill Courtright, Tom Cof- field, Bill MacDougall. Tackles, Leo Cunningham, Charles Gibbs, Lloyd Thompson, Bill Kuyper. Guards, Bob Kolesar, Mary Pregulman, Bill Mel- zow, John Laine, Hoe Seltzer. Cen- ters, Ted Kennedy, Bill Pritula. Quar- terbacks, George Ceithaml, tHoward Vallade. Halfbacks, Norm Call, El- merRMadar, John Allerdice, Ray Sow- ers, Harold Lockard, Bob Stenberg, Seymour Roth. Fullbacks, Don Boor, Herb Kietzer, Reino Romo. WHITES: Ends, Don Long, Walt Freihofer, Morris Lax, Tom Clagett, Tom Flake, Otto Chady. Tackles, Al Wistert, Bob Flora, Ted Denise, Dave Wood, Bill Baldwin. Guards, Julius Franks, George Hildebrandt, Ralph Amstutz, Jack Carlson, Angie Tro- gan, Chet Mitchell. Centers, Bob In- galls, Lou Woytek. Quarterbacks, Joe Joseph, Jojhn Harrigan, Fred Dawley, Jim Grissen. Halfbacks, Tom Kuz- ma, Don Robinson, Paul White, Bob Morrison, Chuck Kennedy. 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